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Computer Scientist
Lackland AFB, Texas · Closes in 2 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference applies to eligible veterans if they submit proof.
Experience: Your resume must show experience at the GG-13 level, which the announcement says equals GS-13 duties. This means skill in applying technical knowledge to difficult, complex work, and military, private sector, or other government experience can count.
Education: You need a bachelor's degree in computer science, or a bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of those hours must include calculus-based math or statistics. Schools must be accredited. A master's degree in a technical field is highly desired.
Licenses and certifications:
- Information Assurance (IA) certification within six months, if your assigned duties require it
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 2 days (November 5, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: Your application package, including your resume, documents, and questionnaire answers, is used to rate your eligibility and quality. If your documents do not support your questionnaire answers, you may be rated not qualified or insufficient information.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must list hours per week and month/year dates for each job, or it may be marked insufficient.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or it will be removed from consideration.
- If you qualify through education, attach transcripts with your application.
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